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Additional images:

In this photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L' Osservatore Romano Tuesday, June 30, 2009, a view of the ceiling of the Cappella Paolina is seen after restoration works. The Vatican says the restoration of a chapel that includes two Michelangelo frescoes has been completed. The Cappella Paolina, or the Pauline Chapel, in the Apostolic Palace is used by the pope and is not open to the general public. It contains Michelangelo frescoes depicting the Conversion of St. Paul and the Crucifixion of St. Peter. Officials said Tuesday that the five-year euro3.2 million (US$4.5 million) restoration was privately funded. Pope Benedict XVI will inaugurate the restored chapel with a prayer service Saturday.

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Bump.

[Oratam]

He said the pope also wanted to be able to cense the entire altar -- front and back -- during liturgies, and he wanted the option of celebrating Mass facing the people or facing the cross with them.

Very encouraging.

Pope Benedict XVI will inaugurate the restored chapel with a prayer service Saturday.

Do journalists who cover the pope and the Vatican have any specific knowledge or understanding of their beat? Will the pope serve coffee and donuts in the chapel basement afterwards?

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Inconceivable! A miracle of beauty. We are so blessed that God gave us Michelangelo, and the popes who had the sense to use him for the glory of God.